Biog

Anna Gillespie was born in Surrey in 1964.  She studied Philosophy, Politics, Economics at Wadham College, Oxford and then International Relations at the London School of Economics.  In 1988 Anna returned to sculpture, taking a City in Guilds in Stone Masonry and Carving in Bath before going to the Centro d'Arte, Verrocchio, Italy to work as studio assistant to sculptor, Nigel Konstam.  Anna then completed an MA in Fine and Media Arts in Cheltenham. Anna now lives and works in Bath and is represented by the Beaux Arts galleries in Bath and London.

Installations & Commissions

2015   Chelsea Flower Show, Chris Beardshaw Garden. Gold Winner

2015   Frensham Heights School, Surrey 2015

2014   National Trust Headquarters, Heelis, Swindon, Autumn

2014   Glastonbury Festival, July

2014   Alderney Performing Arts Festival, Channel Islands, June - August

2013   Glastonbury Festival, July

2013   Chelsea Flower Show, Chris Beardshaw Garden. Winner People's Choice

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2014   Beaux Arts, Bath

2012   Beaux Arts, Bath

2010   Beaux Arts, Bath
2008   Artzu Gallery, Manchester
2007   Chapel Row Gallery, Bath
2007   Corsham Arts Centre, Wiltshire
2005   New Gallery, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2004  Prema Arts Centre, Gloucestershire
2003   Centrespace Gallery, Bristol
1996   Happening Gallery, Bristol

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014    Beaux Arts, London. Summer Show

2013   Tree, Beaux Arts, London. Four person show

           Autumn Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2012    Open West Gloucestershire Cathedral
           Summer Exhibition Beaux Arts, London
2011    Summer Exhibition Beaux Arts, London
           Autumn Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2010    Process Burghley House Sculpture Garden
2009     Native Place Waterhouse & Dodd, London
            Seeds Film Festival Minniapolis, USA
            Victor Felix Gallery, London. Four person show
2008    The Figure Sarah Myercough Fine Art, London
           Artspaces Plymouth University
           Bristol Contemporary Open Paintworks, Bristol
2007    Open Sculpture Royal West of England Academy, Bristol      
           Victor Felix Gallery, London Art Fair
2006     Palm Beach Art Fair Osborne Samuel Gallery, London, Miami
2005     Peninsula Art Centre, Plymouth.  Four person show
           Osborne Samuel Gallery, London. Three person show
           The Artist and Radio 4 South Bank Gallery, London
           Big Shots Artzu Gallery, Manchester
2004    Olympics of Visual Arts ARTiade 2004, Athens
           Spectrum Fine Arts, London
           Standing in God’s Breath Bath Fringe Festival, Bath Abbey
           Autumn Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2003   Sherborne House Arts Centre, Dorset.  Two person show
           Hebdon Bridge Sculpture Trail, Yorkshire
           Art London Berkeley Square Gallery
1999    Chiostro della Collegiata, Casole d’Elsa, Siena, Italy.  Group show
1996    Cadogan Gallery, London
           Autumn Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. 

Anna Gillespie has work is in the collections of The Prudential, Burghley House Sculpture Park, The Somerset Museum, Museo Arte Contemporanea Sicilia and also in private collections throughout America, the Middle East and Europe.